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Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 68
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
This book is a clear and informative introduction to cryptography and data protection-subjects of considerable social and political importance. It explains what algorithms do, how they are used, the risks associated with using them, and why governments should be concerned. Important areas are highlighted, such as Stream Ciphers, block ciphers, public key algorithms, digital signatures, and applications such as e-commerce. This book highlights the...
Author
Language
English
Description
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them.
Author
Language
English
Description
An American computer hacker operating in Southeast Asia attempts to break a World War II cypher to find the location of a missing shipment of gold. The gold was stolen by the Japanese during the war. Bouncing between World War II and the World Wide Web, Cryptonomicon follows the exploits of Lawrence Waterhouse, a young mathematical genius assigned to a highly secretive outfit that has cracked the fabled Nazi enigma code.
10) Secret language
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Tours languages that hide meanings from all but a chosen few, explains the difference between ciphers and codes, and shows how secret messages have been written and broken for years
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
©1982
Language
English
Description
Presents instructions for speaking thirteen secret languages, including Pig Latin, one of the best known and easiest codes to learn, and Boontling, developed by people in a California town. Thirteen different secret languages and codes are described and explained. Literature of Delight. The famous punster, prankster, and riddle-regaler goes global for a look at the "ecret-say" "anguages-lay" of the world's children. It's the ripest kind of fun, with...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Codes can carry big secrets! Throughout history, lots of good guys and lots of bad guys have used codes to keep their messages under wraps. This fun and flippable nonfiction features stories of hidden treasures, war-time maneuverings, and contemporary hacking as well as explaining the mechanics behind the codes in accessible and kid friendly forms. Sidebars call out activities that invite the reader to try their own hand at cracking and crafting...
19) The secret war
Author
Series
World War II volume 29
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1981
Language
English
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